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Shootout in Providence sends bullets just feet from girls head

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A story only on ABC 6. Stray bullets from a shootout involving two cars in a Providence neighborhood came close to hitting a young girl and a crossing guard. The surveillance video from the liquor store on Manton avenue is right near Monday's shoot-out.

In the video, you can see the girl and the crossing guard react to  the shots. Which hit a florescent light-bulb just a few feet above their heads. A witness, who doesn't want to be identified, described a scary scene.

"It was chaos, you know the crossing guard, and the little girl was panicking, it was really bad. "

Witnesses say that one of the cars involved in the shootout crashed into a house on Parnell street, about 2-blocks away from the liquor store. The driver and passenger then took off.

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